A RUSTLING of Leaves CCP Arthouse Cinema Daang Dokyu
DAANG Dokyu, the Philippine documentary film festival, continues its run until Nov. 5, featuring documentaries spanning the 100 years of filmmaking in the Philippines. This week, the festival will be streaming May Istorya nga Tayo, Patay Naman Tayo (2001) by Howie Severino, Yanan (2013) by Mae Caralde, Sa mga Mata ng Balita: The Birth of Philippine TV, the News and Many Firsts, Unos at Puntos sa Bagong Milenyo (2003) by Ricardo Trofeo, Tupada ‘92: The Philippines in the Year of the Elections (1995) by Fruto Corre, Maid in Singapore (2004) by Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr., Queer Transnational Love in the Time of Social Media and Globalization (2017) by Adrian Alarilla, and Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers Movement (2014) by Marissa Aroy. The festival will also have reruns of the Martial law films shown in September including Marcos: A Malignant Spirit and A Rustling of Leaves. Daang Dokyu films can be screened via the Daang Dokyu virtual cinema on its website ( daangdokyu.ph). The films are free and can be viewed for a limited time.
THE CULTURAL Center of the Philippines (CCP) Arthouse Cinema Online celebrates National Indigenous People’s Month this October with a special screening of K’na, The Dreamweaver (2014) by Ida Anita del Mundo, and Tembong (Connecting) (2019) by Shaira Advincula on Oct. 9 to 11. K’na the Dreamweaver follows the story of a T’Boli woman torn between being a dreamweaver for her tribe and love, while Tembong (Connecting) is a short film about a T’Boli man who collects a series of patterns as an abaca goddess visits him in his dreams. Aside from the films honoring indigenous people, the Arthouse cinema will also be honoring teachers with Jerrold Tarog’s film
Faculty (2010). The films can be accessed for free for 48 hours on Vimeo on Demand for free on CCP’s Vimeo channel. Existing CCP Film Society Members should check their emails to learn how to exclusively access these films. For more information, visit the CCP Media Arts Division Facebook page.